AURSEEAursee · notable fire
Fire near Muxaluando, Bengo, Angola, September 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -8.079, 14.270 · first seen 21 September 2026, 13:33 UTC
29,367 MWpeak summed radiative power, 22 Sep
2,318detections on that day
121 kmwidest extent of the group
4days in the record
First detected 21 September 2026, 13:33 UTC, 7 km SW of Muxaluando. Last detected 25 September 2026, 13:40 UTC. Named places of 1,000 people or more within 25 km had a combined population of 89,466 (GeoNames).
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | 5,134 | 259 | 56 | 0.0% |
| 2026-09-22 | 29,367 | 2,318 | 121 | 0.0% |
| 2026-09-23 | 18,911 | 1,427 | 103 | 0.0% |
| 2026-09-25 | 3,491 | 209 | 33 | 0.0% |
MW is fire radiative power summed over every detection grouped into the fire in a 24-hour window, across three satellites. Extent is the width of the group of detections, not a mapped perimeter. Night is the share of detections from the night pass. How these are measured.
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